Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
by Jack Campbell
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Book Reviews of Courageous (The Lost Fleet, Book 3)
Book Review: Saddened
Summary: 1 Stars
I don't know if it's my imagination, but Mr. Campbell's prose seems to have deteriorated from his previous books - it wasn't great to begin with, but it was good enough to get past and enjoy the storyline. It doesn't seem like the same author, now. His dialogue is even more stilted, and one of the hero's new affectations - e.g., saying "Yeah" all the time - strikes such a dissonant chord that I can't get past the first few pages. I'll have to dig out his previous books of The Lost Fleet and see if he's the same there or I've just gotten more choosey. It's just not worth reading, though, to see how it all turns out.Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been a reader of military scifi for the past twenty years. Jack Campbell nicely strikes the balance with another winner in his "Lost Fleet" series. The tenants of leadership are right on. His writing is excellent and he deserves to rank right up there the best of them. This is one of the few books that I was willing to preorder without readin reviews and I was not disappointed.
For those of you in the field where leadership qualities play an important part, this book is a good read on what to do and how to remain true to oneself.
Wayne Lougheed
Zenith1@optonline.net
Book Review: Good continuation of the series
Summary: 4 Stars
Captain Geary continues his formidable task of leading the Alliance fleet back home through Syndic space. There are several well-written battle scenes in the book, which will keep the attention of those who like battles. The character development also continues, with Captain Geary not only growing as a person but as a leader. The plot twists are quite a bit of fun.
This is the third book in this series (following The Lost Fleet: Dauntless, and The Lost Fleet: Fearless). The tone of the story follows in the same line as the other two, so if you enjoyed them you'll probably enjoy this one too.
Book Review: A real let down in quality, doesn't advance the story
Summary: 2 Stars
This just wasn't a very good book. In essence, it had a couple of plot points it needed to advance the overall story, but this book did essentially nothing. I enjoyed the first two books enormously, but this one is just filler, plain and simple. It really felt like the author needed to kick out a book on a certain time frame, and did this so he could keep writing the story he wanted. You could certainly skip this in the series and you'd be better off financially, you'd save yourself time to read good books, and you'd still be able to pick up the story when the fourth book comes out.Book Review: In space nobody can hear your ship explode - battles galore
Summary: 4 Stars
Captain Geary is still lost in Syndic space with the remaining Alliance fleet having to fight his way through each system as the Syndics wise up to some of his tactics. This book has a lot of space battles and a deepening awareness by Geary of the political problems back in Alliance space. What it doesn't deliver is much in the way of resolutions. It comes across as a middle book which teases you for the next instalment. This is apparently a 4 book series so I will be interested to see how this all plays out as Geary is one of those literary characters who grow on you.